Microsoft Regularly rollout Security updates with Security improvements and Bug fixes to patch the security hole created by third-party applications. Also with Windows 10, Microsoft made it mandatory to download and install latest windows updates Automatically. But some of Windows 10 users report having an issue where Windows 10 is constantly trying to update so that it can download the new security update. BUT what happens is that the update or windows installation says it failed.

It would say

“Something went wrong

Microsoft can’t install important security updates on your PC.
Please contact Microsoft Support for help with this error.

Please provide the support representative with this error code: 0x8007001f”

First, make sure you have a stable internet connection To download windows updates from Microsoft server. Also, Run Third-party system optimizer like Ccleaner to Cleanup Disk space by removing temp, system error, memory dump files, And fix broken registry error. Run System File Checker utility to make sure any corrupted system files not causing the issue.

Also check Date and Time are correct on your system Because of sometimes incorrect Time zone cause update installation fails. You can check and correct date and time on your system from settings -> Time & Language -> date & time.

Sometimes Slight interruptions in communications between the computer being updated and the Windows update servers is one of the many possible reasons why this issue is happening. Usually, closing Windows Update and wait for 10 to 15 minutes then launch the Windows Update again resolves this issue.

Run windows update Troubleshooter

Whenever you face any windows update related problems, We first recommend to Run the official windows update troubleshooter and let windows to check and fix the problem itself.

To run windows update Troubleshooter open Windows Settings -> Go to Update & Security > Troubleshoot. Then select windows update and Run The Troubleshooter. Or you can download and run the official Windows Update Diagnostic.

Run Windows Update Troubleshooter

The troubleshooter will run and attempt to identify if any problems exist which prevent your computer from downloading and installing security updates on your pc. After complete, the process Restart windows and again manually Check for Updates.

Performa Clean Boot

Also, Try to perform Clean Boot And Check for updates. If any third party service or startup application cause issue to install the updates then perform Clean boot And Try To check for updates. This is also A most applicable solution to fix Microsoft can’t install important security updates on your pc.

Obtain DNS Server address automatically

If Running Windows Update troubleshooting tool fails to fix and Issue still persists then try to Set Obtain DNS Server address automatically in network configuration settings by following steps below.

Press Windows + R key, type ncpa.cpl and hit the enter key. This will open Network Connections, Here right-click on Local Area Connection, and select Properties. Then Click Internet Protocol TCP/IP, then click Properties. And Click on the Radio button Obtain DNS Server address automatically. That’s all Click OK then Click Close on “Internet Protocol TCP/IP” properties box. Restart windows and on next start perform the windows update.

Ethernet obtain IP address automatically

Fix windows update problems Using Automatic Reset Script

After applying above solutions still getting problem while installing windows updates? Try to Run the Automatic Reset Script Suggested by askvg. Which Reset the windows update components to its Default setup. Rename the Software Distribution and Catroot folder where windows download the update files. To fix if any corrupted buggy update files causing the issue.

Now Right-click on the WUReset.bat file and select “Run as Administrator” option. It’ll take a few seconds in executing the commands. That’s it now Close command prompt, Restart windows to take effect the changes. On next start check for windows update hope this time you didn’t face any update installation errors.

Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is a system component in Microsoft Windows operating system which facilitates asynchronous, prioritized, and throttled transfer of files between machines using idle network bandwidth. It also plays a role in the download of files from a peer. This BITS Service is essential for Windows Updates to work properly. If the service is disabled, then any applications that […]

Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is a system component in Microsoft Windows operating system which facilitates asynchronous, prioritized, and throttled transfer of files between machines using idle network bandwidth. It also plays a role in the download of files from a peer. This BITS Service is essential for Windows Updates to work properly. If the service is disabled, then any applications that depend on BITS, such as Windows Update or MSN Explorer, will be unable to automatically download programs and other information.

How BITS service works

There are three types of transfer jobs performed by Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS). A download job downloads files to the client, an upload job uploads a file to the server, and an upload-reply job uploads a file to the server and receives a reply file from the server application.

How To Start / Restart BITS service?

On Windows computer, Background Intelligent Transfer Service is set to start automatically at startup. But due to some Reason, if Service is not started, you may face different problems while check and install windows updates. That cause you need to manually check and start the BITS service.

To do this Press Windows + R key, type services.msc and hit the enter key to open Windows services. Now scroll down look for Background Intelligent Transfer Service. If this service is Running simply Right click on it and select Restart. This will Restart the BITS service and fix if the service is stuck due to any reason.

Or if the Service is not started then simply double-click on it. On new popup under general tab change the startup type Automatic and start the service next to service status as shown below image.

Start and Restart BITS service

How To Stop BITS Service?

If due to some Reason BITS service get stuck not respond you may face High system Resource usage problem. Such as 100% CPU usage, High Disk or memory usage etc. And While troubleshooting these problems we need to Stop the BITs service to fix the issue. Also, Most of the users suggest on Microsoft Forum, Reddit Disable BITS service to fix High CPU usage problem.

To Disable BITS service Again open windows services by press windows + R, type services.msc and hit the enter key. Double click on BITS service, Change the startup type to disable and Stop the service if its running

disable bits service

Start / Stop BITS using Command prompt

Also, you can use windows command prompt to Start / Stop BITS service. To do this open Command prompt as administrator. Then first use command sc bits query to Check The service is running or not. If everything is OK, You will see “STATE: 2 RUNNING” in the outputs. You may find “SATE: 1 STOP_PENDING“.

Check start and Stop BITS service

Then you can use command net start bits to Start the BITs service. And You can use command net stop bits to Stop the service.

I hope this post helps you to know about Background Intelligent Transfer Service. How BITS service works on the windows computer, Different version of BITs service with Feature updates. And How to Start, Restart or Stop Background Intelligent Transfer Service using command prompt etc. Also, Read Fix We can’t find your camera error 0xA00F4244 on windows 10.

Getting error 0xA00F4244 We can’t find your camera while open, Turn on the webcam or camera on windows 10? This mostly causes because antivirus software blocking the webcam or camera app, Or The installed Driver for Imaging devices is corrupted, not compatible with the current windows version. Which results “We can’t find your camera” error 0xA00F4244 while open camera […]

Getting error 0xA00F4244 We can’t find your camera while open, Turn on the webcam or camera on windows 10? This mostly causes because antivirus software blocking the webcam or camera app, Or The installed Driver for Imaging devices is corrupted, not compatible with the current windows version. Which results “We can’t find your camera” error 0xA00F4244 while open camera app. The full error message would be like :

We can’t find your cameraCheck to be sure it’s connected and installed properly, that it isn’t being blocked by antivirus software, and that your camera drivers are up-to-date.If you need it, here’s the error code: 0xA00F4244(0xC00DABE0)

Fix We Can’t Find Your Camera Error 0xA00F4244

Windows users report especially after recent windows 10 fall creators update while open the web camera or camera app its failed to open with an error message like windows can’t find the camera app, error code 0XA00F4244 (0X80070005) make sure its connected installed properly etc. As discussed corrupted, incompatible Imaging devices driver is the main reason behind this problem. Some other are such as antivirus blocking, the external webcam device is not connected properly, the Camera app is turned off etc.

If you are also facing this error while open webcam, camera app on Windows 10 Laptop? Here apply bellow solutions to get rid of this camera error code 0xa00f4244(0xc00dabe0)

Disable Antivirus and Firewall

Start with basic first Disable Antivirus, Firewall or any third party to make sure security software not causing the issue. Simply Right-click on the Antivirus Program icon from the system tray and select Disable. To disable Firewall open control panel -> System and Security -> Windows Firewall -> on the left window pane click on Turn Windows Firewall on or off. and Select Turn off Windows Firewall and restart your PC.

Also If you are connected an External USB webcam, Then try to connect the same to the different USB port.

Run the Hardware and Device Troubleshooter form Control Panel > Troubleshooting > View all to locate built-in troubleshooters. To check for the faulty hardware device.

Make sure windows have installed the latest updates. You can check them from settings -> Update & security -> windows update -> check for updates.

Make sure Camera is turned ON

If due to any reason previously you have disabled windows Apps/ Background running apps which may also cause camera error code 0xa00f4244(0xc00dabe0). We recommend to check and make sure the camera app is turned on.

To do this open setting by press windows + I key then click on privacy. Here From the left-hand menu select Camera. Here Make sure the toggle below Camera which says “Let apps use my camera hardware” is turned ON. Close Settings and reboot your PC to save changes.

Make sure Camera is turned ON

Rollback Webcam Driver

If you notice the problem started after the recent driver update. Or after recently update the camera app driver? Then may the installed driver is incompatible with the current windows version. That cause you can perform Roll back driver option to revert back to previous driver version where camera working perfectly.

To Perform Roll back driver option Open Device manager by press windows + R, type devmgmt.msc and hit the enter key. Here on device manager Expand Imaging devices or Sound, video, and game controllers or Cameras and find your webcam listed under it. Right-click on your webcam and select Properties. Next Switch to Driver tab and if Roll Back Driver option is available click on it. Select Yes to continue with the rollback and reboot your PC once the process is complete. After that check and open Camera app hope this time start without any error.

Note: Rollback Driver option only available if you recently upgraded your driver.

Rollback Webcam Driver

Re-install Webcam Driver

As discussed corrupted incompatible Driver is the main reason behind this problem. So If Roll back driver option no fix the problem or Roll back driver not available for you. Then try to update, Re-install the webcam/camera device driver by following steps.

To do this Press Windows Key + R then devmgmt.msc and hit Enter. On Device manager Expand Cameras then right-click on your webcam and select Uninstall device. And Restart windows to completely remove driver files.

uninstall camera Driver

Now on next start again open device manager click on Action select “Scan for hardware changes. This will find and install the camera app driver. Or you can visit Device manufacturer (Webcam manufacturer or Laptop manufacturer) website and download the latest available driver for Webcam. Then double-click on setup.exe and follow on-screen instructions to install the driver.

Reset Camera App to Default setup

Also, try to reset the Webcam app to its default setup, Which may fix if the problem started due to any wrong configuration on the camera app. To Reset the Camera app open Settings, click on Apps and then from the left-hand menu select Apps & features. Find Camera app in the list then click on it and select Advanced options. Now click on Reset in order to reset camera app to its default setup. Reboot your PC to save changes and again open camera app. Hope this time you didn’t get any error like Windows can’t find or start the camera error.

reset camera app to default setup

Tweak Windows Registry

If all above solutions fail to fix we can’t find the camera error 0xA00F4244. Then tweak the windows registry to fix the problem. We recommend to backup registry database before modify (tweak ) windows registry.

Now Press Windows Key + R type regedit and hit Enter to open Registry Editor. Next, Navigate to the following registry key:

Here Right-click on Platform then select New > DWORD (32-bit) value. And name this new DWORD as EnableFrameServerMode.

Create new DWORD key

Double click on EnableFrameServerMode and change it’s value to 0. Click OK and close the registry editor, Restart windows to take effect the changes. Now On next start open camera app and check hope this time it starts normally without any errors like Windows can’t find the camera error 0xA00F4244.

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Did you know which windows 10 Version Build and Edition you have installed on your PC? Basically, this thing didn’t affect your daily work on your PC. But Finding out which edition, version or build of Windows 10 is running, on your PC can help you determine which features are available. Check and Find Out […]

Did you know which windows 10 Version Build and Edition you have installed on your PC? Basically, this thing didn’t affect your daily work on your PC. But Finding out which edition, version or build of Windows 10 is running, on your PC can help you determine which features are available. Check and Find Out Which windows 10 version and build number, with the edition of Windows 10 is running on your computer is very easy. Here this post we discuss different ways to check which Which Windows 10 Version, Build and Edition you have installed on your PC.

Edition: The “Edition” line tells you which edition of Windows 10 you’re using — Windows 10 Home, Professional, Enterprise, or Education.

Build Number: Look at the “Version” and “OS Build” lines. If you have the original version of Windows 10, you’ll just see “OS Build 16299.15”. If Microsoft were to release a build of Windows 10 in September (the 17th month) of 2017, its version number would be “Version 1709”.

64-bit or 32-bit: The “System type” line tells you whether you’re using the 32-bit version of Windows 10 or the 64-bit version. It also tells you whether your PC is compatible with the 64-bit version or not.
For example, “64-bit operating system, x64-based processor” indicates you’re using a 64-bit version of Windows 10 on a 64-bit processor. “32-bit operating system, x64-based processor” indicates you’re using a 32-bit version of Windows 10, but you could install the 64-bit version on your hardware if you preferred.

Check Windows 10 Version, Build and Edition

Checking Which Windows 10 Version, Build and Edition you have installed is very easy. Simply press Windows + R to open Run, here type command winver and hit the enter key. This will open about windows program that lists information about the installed version of Windows. The program is also available in previous versions of the Windows operating system. The about windows screen (winver) tells us that we’re running Windows 10 Pro operating system, Version 1709 and Build 116299.15.

Here you will find The installed OS: its Windows 10

Version: The version uses a four-digit code that refers to the year and month of release.

1607 – The second major update, also called the Anniversary Update for Windows 10 as it is released a year after the initial release of the operating system (July-August 2016).

1507 – The initial release of Windows 10 (July 2015).

1511 – The first major update for Windows 10. (November 2015).

OS Build: The OS Build number offers the same information as the version. It is a bit harder to decipher though as you cannot draw a direct link between the build and version.

Editon: The About Windows screen highlights the edition of Windows 10 as well. You find it listed in the first sentence after the copyright notice.

Check Windows 10 Version edition and Build no from Settings

Also, you can find out the Windows 10 Versioeditionsns and Build no details from Settings app. To do this open setting by Press Windows + I key then Click on system and from left side select About. This will open About windows screen where you can get windows version, edition and build no details. With your System configuration Details like the Installed processor, Install RAM And System Type: 64 bit or 321 bit.

Check Windows 10 Version edition and Build no from Settings

Command To check Windows 10 Version edition and Build

Also, you can open the Command prompt by type cmd on start menu search, From search results select command prompt. Then type command systeminfo to display your system configuration with Installed OS name, Version, Which edition and build of windows installed on your system.

Command To check Windows 10 Version edition and Build

Check Windows 10 Version, Build and Edition on registry editor

Open Registry Editor type regedit on windows start menu starch and navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

In the right pane, you will find everything you need to know about Windows 10’s version, build number and edition details.

Show windows 10 Build number on Desktop

If you would like to show the windows version and build no on your desktop. You can tweak windows registry to do that. Simply press Win+R and type Regedit and press Enter key When User Account Control asks you Yes or No, select Yes. This Will open Windows Registry window. Now navigate To fallowing

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Show windows 10 Build number on Desktop

Making sure you’ve selected Desktop in the left pane, next, look for PaintDesktopVersion in the right-hand pane of alphabetical entries. Double-click on it and change value data 0 to 1 click ok close window. Close the registry window and simply Restart Windows to take effect. That’s it, you should now see the Windows version painted on your lovely Windows 10 desktop.

While trying to turn on the windows 10 PC it came up with the “Preparing Automatic Repair” screen, and then rebooted automatically and ran Automatic Repair again, becoming caught in the loop again and again. Or sometimes windows get stuck at this Automatic Repair Screen? Don’t worry this post we discuss why windows prepare automatic repair […]

While trying to turn on the windows 10 PC it came up with the “Preparing Automatic Repair” screen, and then rebooted automatically and ran Automatic Repair again, becoming caught in the loop again and again. Or sometimes windows get stuck at this Automatic Repair Screen? Don’t worry this post we discuss why windows prepare automatic repair at startup, Reason behind this startup problem and how to fix Windows Stuck in Automatic Repairloop.

When your computer starts, the BIOS or UEFI Firmware is loaded, which performs a small set of checks on your hardware called the Power On Self Test (POST.) The BIOS then scans the hard disk master boot record, which loads an essential file into main memory called WINLOAD.EXE. This kicks off the start-up process by loading the NTOSKRNL.EXE (NT Kernel, the heart of Windows) and HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer.) Windows 10 then performs tasks such as initializing your hardware like your mouse and keyboard and reading the Windows Registry and user profile.

Whenever something goes wrong, (Due to power interrupted, corrupted windows update installed, system files get corrupted etc ) with windows it failed to start normally at startup. To fix this problem windows start the diagnostic process “Preparing Automatic Repair” at startup to fix this problem.

Fix Windows 10 Automatic Repair Loop

There are many Reasons behind windows failed to start normally or perform the automatic repair. However, the most common problem is corrupted registry or missing files on the hard disk. Since the Windows keeps restarting, it is impossible for you to access Advanced Options, that you can fix the problem there. In this case, you need to boot from a Bootable USB or DVD. If you don’t have any then create a bootable USB /DVD by following link

When you ready with Installation media insert it to your PC change the BIOS setup to boot from DVD / Removable Disk ( As you use either DVD or Bootable USB ). Skip the first screen on next screen click on Repair your computer at the bottom. Then click on Troubleshoot>Advanced Options.

Windows Advanced Options

Use SFC and Check Disk Utility

When you get the Advanced options you will find a number of tools to fix different startup problem. As discussed before Windows Stuck in Automatic Repair loop mostly cause due to corrupted system files or disk drive errors. So first run the system file checker utility and chkdsk utilityto fix windows automatic repair loop.

To do this click on Command prompt option on the advanced options screen. When advanced command prompt opens type sfc /scannow and hit the enter key to execute the command. After 100% complete the scanning process type command chkdsk c: /f /r to run the chkdsk utility which checks and fix disk drive errors. After that close command prompt and Restart windows check start normally without and startup repair loop?

Fix Boot MGR and Rebuild BCD via Command Prompt

If still having same issue Windows Stuck in Automatic Repair then try to repair boot mgr and rebuild BCD by following below. To do this again open command prompt from advanced options and perform command bellow one by one.

bootrec /fixMBR

bootrec /fixboot

bootrec /rebuildBCD

Fix Boot MGR and Rebuild BCD via Command Prompt

After executing these commands type exit to close command and Restart windows check this time windows started normally?

Restore Windows Registry

Still, the problem didn’t fix and getting Windows Stuck in Automatic Repair loop at startup? Then maybe corrupted registry causing the issue. follow steps below to restore windows registry and fix this Automatic repair loop. For this again open command prompt from Advanced options. Now Type commandbelow and press Enter key to execute the same.

copy c:\windows\system32\config\RegBack\* c:\windows\system32\config

command to Restore Windows Registry

If prompted to overwrite existing files, type All and hit Enter. close command prompt and Restart windows, On next start Check windows, started normally.

Disable Automatic Startup Repair

Again access command prompt from Advanced options and type bcdedit and hit Enter. Then you will see the result displayed. Look for resumeobject item and note the number next to it (In my case, the number is {2e43802d-6544-11e7-95c9-d650213d3bf9} )

Disable Automatic Startup Repair

Now to disable automatic startup repair Type bcdedit /set GUID recoveryenabled No and hit Enter. Here Replace GUID with the number that you noted in last step. (For example, if the number is 2e43802d-6544-11e7-95c9-d650213d3bf9, the full command will be “bcdedit /set 2e43802d-6544-11e7-95c9-d650213d3bf9 recoveryenabled No”)

Disable Automatic Startup Repair 2

Reboot your PC and Windows should start without any problem.

Perform Refresh or Reset Your PC

If Windows Automatic Repair loop issue still exists after trying the above solutions, you can try the last method- performing refresh or reset- to fix Windows Automatic Startup Repair boot issue. To do this choose optionRefresh your PC or Reset your PC on advanced options. Then follow on-screen instructions to complete the process.

With Windows 10 Microsoft Added Cortana to search files/folders, complete tasks, as well as organize your calendar. For those who don’t know about Cortana, it is a virtual assistant, similar to Apple’s Siri, built into the Windows 10 OS. Did you feel you spend too much time searching for things on your PC and not enough time […]

With Windows 10 Microsoft Added Cortana to search files/folders, complete tasks, as well as organize your calendar. For those who don’t know about Cortana, it is a virtual assistant, similar to Apple’s Siri, built into the Windows 10 OS. Did you feel you spend too much time searching for things on your PC and not enough time actually doing things? Today, in this post, we’re going to share some superb Windows 10 Search tricks help you make searches easily.

Filter your Windows search

In Windows 10, you can search either by typing in your search query or simply asking Cortana. While using the search box in the taskbar, you can instantly get results from your local files, documents, web, and elsewhere. But did you know Windows 10 has search filters that can help you narrow the results? Have you noticed those icons at the top of the search panel? Those are your filters. You can also click the down-arrow button in the top-right corner to see all of the filters available to you.

Filter your Windows search

If you know where you want to look before you begin a search, you can type in a filter term right in the search box. Just enter a filter term – Apps, Documents, Folders, Music, Photos, Settings, Videos, and Web — followed by a colon and then add your search terms.

Did you know you can Search From File Explorer

The Cortana-powered search box in the taskbar is not the only search box in Windows 10. Just like you use Chrome or Edge to browse or search the web, you can use Windows Explorer to search terms in your Windows system. If you’re already in Windows Explorer, there is no need to jump out of that window to find a file. Simply use the search box at the top-right side of your system’s screen. It will consequently search for the directory you’ve selected in the left panel. However, results may be a bit slow when you search for a large directory but searching a particular file or folder in Windows Explorer is much faster.

Save your searches for quick results

If you find yourself performing the same searches day after day, you can save your searches in Windows Explorer to make those subsequent searches easier. After entering your search terms in Windows Explorer’s search box, click the Search tab from the ribbon that runs along the top of the window. Here, you can tweak your search parameters for the date, file size and type, and so on. When you have your search parameters set just right, click Save the search and give your search query a name. Your saved searches are saved in the Searches folder of your user folder by default, but you can save them to any folder you like.

Save your searches

When you set your search parameters, just click on the Save Search button and give your search query a name. This way your saved searches are saved inside the Searches folder by default, but you can save them to any folder you like. Next time simply double-clicks on the saved file to get the Search results immediately.

saved search

Settings app vs. Control Panel Search Results

Windows 10 added a new and useful Settings app but the old Control Panel is still kicking around. It’s a confusing arrangement and I still don’t know which settings are in the Settings app and which are in the Control Panel. Thankfully, there is a way to search both. When you search using the search box in the taskbar, the results under Settings will have either a black-and-white icon next to them or a color icon.

Here is your key:

Black-and-white icon = a setting in the Settings app

Color icon = a setting in the Control Panel

Settings app vs. Control Panel Search Results

The Settings app also shows results from the Control Panel (in addition to settings from within itself, of course) with the same colorful icons and will kick you over to the Control Panel when you click on such a search result.

Quick calculations on Windows Search Bar

For a simple calculation, you can skip the step of searching for Windows 10’s Calculator app and just enter an equation directly in the search box in the taskbar. Not only will you get your answer right then and there, but you’ll also get an online calculator courtesy of Bing for further number crunching.

Quick calculations on Windows Search Bar

Use Wildcards For Advanced Search results

Wildcards are used as fillers to make name guesses for searching information when you aren’t sure of the exact keyword to look for. It helps you retrieve the results by substituting the wildcard with possible guesses/combinations of letters and searching those names.

Here are details about each wildcard character:

* (asterisk): It’s replaced by none, one or more characters. If you type ‘eas*’, it tells to search all names starting from ‘eas’ and the names can/can’t end with more characters, and hence, the results will include the words ‘eas’, ‘easy’, ‘easier’, etc.

? (question mark): It’s replaced by just one character (and not none too). If you type ‘ad?pt’, then it can display the names like ‘adapt’, ‘adopt’, ‘adept’, etc.

# (pound or hashtag): It’s replaced by a set of numeric digits. If you type ‘2#4’, then it will display ‘204’, ‘214’, and any name including any numbers between 2 & 4.

Use File Properties to search for files and folders too

File Properties means the properties or metadata or details about the file(s), for example, its creation date, file type, author (or creator), etc. These can be used to search for files and folders too – it’s like having more information than just filenames to search efficiently.

Some of the examples of file properties are described below:

name (File Name): Include part of or full name in your search query to find using file names. For example, for a file named ‘May Worksheet’, type ‘May’ or ‘work’ and more. One can also use key/value pair like ‘name: May’, ‘name: work’, etc.

kind (File Kind): Include the kind of file you are looking for, like ‘document’, ‘audio’, etc.One can also use key/value pair like ‘kind: document’, ‘kind: other’, etc.

type (File Type/Extension): Include the file format name like TXT, DOCX, JPG, BMP, etc. One can also use key/value pair such as ‘type: EXE’, ‘type: TXT’, etc.

tags (Tags): Include any tag or keyword which is used to describe that file(s). One can also use key/value pair such as ‘tags: project’, ‘tags: school’, etc.

author (Author): Include the author’s name to search for files using their creator(s). One can also use key/value paid, for example, ‘author: john’, ‘author: lina’, etc.

Use Boolean Filters For combining search terms

The Boolean filters allow advanced searches by combining search terms or phrases. There are various boolean operators and Make sure you type the filters in capital letters while performing such searches.

AND: Include ‘AND’ to search for both terms. For example, ‘word AND pad’ searches for files having both these words and results ‘wordpad.exe’, ‘word notepad.txt’, etc.

OR: Include ‘OR’ to search for any of the terms. For instance, ‘word OR pad’ searches for files having any of these words and results ‘word.exe’, ‘ notepad.txt’, etc.

NOT: Include ‘NOT’ to not search that term. For example, ‘NOT pad’ searches for files not having this word and results ‘word.exe’, ‘word note.txt’, etc.

Quotes: Include your query under double quotes “” to search for exact phrases or filenames, like ‘“new york Pics ”’ (including double quotes and excluding single quotes) shows files with the exact name ‘new york Pics’.

Parentheses: Include your query under parentheses () to search for all of those words (but even if those are present in any order). For example, ‘(cricket football hockey)’ search gives ‘cricket hockey football.txt’, ‘hockey football cricket.docx’, etc.

> (greater than): Include ‘>’ to search for greater/more than or later than some value such as ‘date: > 01/01/2016’ searches for documents created after 1st January 2016.

< (lesser than): Include ‘<’ to search for less than or earlier than some value like ‘size: < 5 MB’ searches for files/documents taking less than 5 MB of storage.

Looking for Change the System Language in Windows 10? Or want to Change the system language to another language like Spanish, Chinese, German or Hindi on Windows 10? Basically, while install and set up Windows 10, you’re asked to choose a system language. But yes you can change the system language later on your windows computer. For Windows 10, Microsoft […]

Looking for Change the System Language in Windows 10? Or want to Change the system language to another language like Spanish, Chinese, German or Hindi on Windows 10? Basically, while install and set up Windows 10, you’re asked to choose a system language. But yes you can change the system language later on your windows computer. For Windows 10, Microsoft offers a total of 106 language packs that are available for download and use by anyone with a valid license. Here’s how to download and install any language pack and how to Change the System Language from English to the language of your choosing.

Note: You are required to sign into Windows 10 and use an administrative account to proceed.

Change the System Language on Windows 10

Windows 10 comes with a lot of languages making it likely to accommodate your language needs. You can easily change the system language as needed. Here follow steps to Change the system language on windows 10. And know where to download all language packs of Windows 10. How To Apply a Language to the Entire System, Let’s start

Changing the system language in Windows 10 is straightforward. If you don’t understand the current language, follow the screenshots below. Otherwise, you can follow this brief list of steps:

Go to Start > Settings > Time & language.

Switch to the Region & language tab.

Under Languages, click Add a language and choose the desired language from the list. You can also search for the language you want using the Search box at the top of the window. Type the language name and then click on the result you want.

Add Language on windows 10

Back on the Region & language tab, click the Options button for the new language to check whether you need to Download the language pack. To apply the new language to the system, click Set as default. You’ll have to log out and back in for the change to come into effect.

How To Download all the language packs that are available for Windows 10?

Microsoft has published a list of all the available language packs that are available for Windows 10, on this page: Language packs: Windows 10. You can consult it and see whether Windows 10 is available in your local language. If it isn’t, then you are out of luck and this guide won’t work for you. We’re sorry but this is only up to Microsoft.

Also, there’s another unfortunate situation where you might have purchased Windows 10 Home Single Language Edition. If you did, then you are stuck with the language that you purchased and you can’t install another display language using the instructions in our guide.

Download the Language Pack and Other Options

If you would like tweaks the Windows 10 system language, like adding a keyboard for a particular language or applying a new language to all user accounts, follow the steps below.

Once you’ve selected your language, it’s added to the list of Languages on the Region & language screen. If you need to download a language pack for the newly added language, you’ll see Language pack available under the language name. To download the language pack, click on the language and then click Options.

When you first access the options for the selected language, you’ll see Searching Windows Update for language features under Language options. When that’s finished, you’ll see Basic typing, Handwriting, and Speech, all with Download buttons under them. Click the Download button for each option you want.

Add a Keyboard

A standard keyboard is added by default for the language you chose. If you want to add another keyboard, click Add a keyboard and select one from the popup list.

Add a Keyboard for new installed language pack

Set a Language as the Default

Once the language pack is downloaded and installed, the language is ready to use. To set the newly added language as the default language, click the language on the Region & language screen, and then click Set as default. Log out and back in to use the new language in the current user account. The language you chose to set as the default is now listed first under languages with a message saying that it will be the display language after the next time you sign in.

Set As default language on windows 10

When you have more than one language listed on the Region & language screen, the current default language displays on the right side of the Taskbar next to the date and time. When you move your mouse over the language indicator, you’ll see a popup displayed in that language.

Apply a Language to the Entire System

So far we have described the steps only change the language for the Current user account only. But You can force the welcome screen, and any new user accounts you create from now on, to display in that language also. This way, everything in the system is in your desired language.

To do this open Control panel, Change the View by Small icons and click on Region. Here On the Region dialog box, click the Administrative tab and click on Copy settings.

Apply a Language to the Entire System

The Welcome screen and new user accounts settings dialog box displays, showing the current display language for the Current user, Welcome screen, and New user accounts. You can’t change these individual settings here, but you can set the current display language as the new system default by checking the Welcome screen and system accounts and New user accounts boxes. Click OK and restart your computer. The language you chose will be set as the default for the entire system once your computer reboots.

Welcome screen and system accounts and New user accounts

Remove a Language From Windows 10

If anytime you have decided to remove the installed language pack. You can remove a language if it’s not the only one on your computer. Before removing a language, you must select a different language as the default. You cannot remove the current system language. All you need to do is select another language as the default. You do not need to log out and back in. Once the language you want to remove is not the default, click on that language on the Region & language screen and then click Remove.

Remove A language from windows 10

Alternatively, you can open command prompt as administrator And type command Lpksetup /u and hit the enter key. The Install or uninstall display languages dialog box displays. Check the box for the language you want to uninstall and click Next. Follow on-screen instructions and Restart your PC to complete the uninstallation process.

I hope following this post How to Change the System Language in Windows 10, Now you can Easily change/ Switch your windows 10 System Language to Different one like Spanish, Chinese, German Hindi etc. Have any query, suggestion about this post Change the display language in Windows 10 feel free to discuss on comments below. Also, Read Fix Windows 10 Frequently Disconnect Internet Connection

New on Windows 10? Recently upgrade your PC to Windows 10 fall creators Update Version 1709? And have Some Queries In Mind such as How to Change user password, manually check and install updates, Speedup windows 10. Where to get my windows product key? And how to fix common problems, boot into safe mode, Perform […]

New on Windows 10? Recently upgrade your PC to Windows 10 fall creators Update Version 1709? And have Some Queries In Mind such as How to Change user password, manually check and install updates, Speedup windows 10. Where to get my windows product key? And how to fix common problems, boot into safe mode, Perform System restore etc. Here we have collected some Windows 10 Common Queries and AnswersWhich may help you to make windows 10 better experience.

Windows 10 common Questions and Answers

Windows 10 is far from the most straightforward operating system. The most basic settings can be elusive, and even the simplest of tasks can be confusing, to say the least. If you are also having some unanswered questions on your mind? Here are some of the most common Windows 10 questions with Answers.

How Change Windows 10 User account Password?

Windows 10 having two type of User account ( Local user account and the second one is Microsoft Account). If you are looking for change your local user account password in Windows 10, Then follow steps below.

Click on Start menu -> Settings -> Accounts, Then click on Sign-in options. Now Scroll down to the section labeled Password andClick the Change button. When prompted, confirm your current password, and enter your new desired password and hint. That’s all click Finish to make save changes. Now Press Win + L to lock windows and try to login with the newly created password.

First, open sign-in options from settings -> Account then Scroll down to the section labeled Password. Here click on change button, Put your current password when prompted for it. Next, confirm the last four digits of the phone number tied to your Microsoft account. Wait for the SMS code and then enter the code. When prompted, confirm your current password and then type in your new desired password twice. That’s all Click Finish to make save changes.

How To manually check for Latest Updates

Windows 10 is set to Automatically download and install latest windows updates. But due to some reason if latest updates not installed then you can manually check for latest updates and install them by following steps.

How To Uninstall Programs and Applications

To uninstall apps and programs in Windows 10, click on start menu -> Apps -> Apps & features. Now scroll down and select the app you want to uninstall. Then Click the Uninstall button to completely remove the app or program. Again Repeat for all undesired apps and programs to uninstall them.

uninstall apps on windows 10

Also, you can remove third-party installed programs form control panel -> programs and features. Or you can simply press Win + R, type appwiz.cpl and hit the enter key. This will open program and Features window, Right click on the application which you want to remove and select uninstall.

How to Take a Screenshot in Windows 10?

If you are looking for option how to take a screenshot of the current screen on windows 10. There are two options you can use Print screen option or Snipping tool allow you to take a print screen easily.

Take Screenshot using Print Screen: The Print Screen key (sometimes abbreviated as PrtScr) captures the entire screen and saves it to the clipboard. You can then paste it into an image editor like Paint, GIMP, or Photoshop and then save it as an actual image file. Use the Alt + Print Screen keyboard shortcut to only capture the currently focused window instead.

An alternative to this is the Windows key + Shift + S keyboard shortcut, which allows you to capture a specific region of the screen and save it to the clipboard.

Snipping Tool: The Snipping Tool is a utility app that’s built into Windows. You can launch it by opening the Start Menu and searching for snipping tool. It’s fairly easy and straightforward to use,

Snipping Tool

Choose a snipping mode: Alt + M(Use the arrow keys and enter to make your selection)

Create a new snip in the same mode as the last one: Alt + N

Move the cursor to select a rectangular snip area: Shift + arrow keys.(If you move across then down, for example, once you stop moving the cursor, the Snipping Tool will take the screenshot)

How to Enable Bluetooth in Windows 10?

Click open the Sart Menu Settings and select Devices to open the Windows 10 Devices Settings. Now in the left panel, you will see Bluetooth & other devices. Click on it to open the following settings. To turn on Bluetooth, toggle the Bluetooth slider to the On position.

Your PC will start searching for other devices to pair up with. So make sure that you have turned on Bluetooth on your smartphone or another device. Once the device is found, it will be displayed there. Click on it to expand it. You will see a Pair button. Clicking on Pair will connect your PC to your other device.

Enable bluetooth in windows-10

You can also enable Bluetooth using the Action Center. To do this Open the Action Center with the Windows key + A keyboard shortcut. Click the Bluetooth icon to toggle it on.

How To check Windows 10 Product Key?

Microsoft doesn’t make it easy to find your Windows 10 product key. Fortunately, there’s a free third-party app that will dig it up for you in no time. It’s called ProduKey third-party applications which enable to find out your windows 10 product key.

First Download the ZIP version of ProduKey. Then Extract the ZIP file using 7-Zip, WinZip, or whatever other tools you use. Now Run the produkey.exe program. Look for Windows 10 (or a variant) in the Product Name column. The Product Key column next to it is your product key. Right-click and select Save Selected Items to save the product key to a text file. Otherwise, select Copy Product Key to save the product key to the clipboard.

How To check Windows 10 Product Key

How To optimize Windows 10 Performance

If you found Windows 10 Running slow, System Not responding at startup or PC shutdown takes a long time to turn off the computer. You can tweak some system settings to Speedup Windows 10Performance such as

In order to Start Windows 10 into Safe Mode, navigate to Advanced Startup Options. You can do this from settings -> Update & Security -> Recover. Here on middle pane Scroll down to the section labeled Advanced startup. Click the Restart now button.

windows 10 advanced startup restart

A quicker way to do this is to open the Start Menu, click the Power icon, then click Restart while holding the Shift key. This will restart windows select Troubleshoot -> advanced options. If due to some startup problem windows unable to start that cause you can Access Advanced options using installation media.

Windows Advanced Options

Now select Startup Settings -> restart now. After Restart this will represent the startup settings windows with the number of choices. Here press 4 to Boot into safe mode. To reboot in Safe Mode with Networking, press ‘5’ key. To reboot in Safe Mode with Command Prompt, press the ‘6’ key. it will Restart windows and load in safe mode

How To Enable/Perform System Restore in Windows 10?

System Restore feature allow you to revert back system settings to previous working state without affecting any file and data. By default system protection (restore) Feature is turn off on windows 10. And You must enable this feature to perform System restore and revert back to the previous working state.

To enable System protection / Restore on Windows 10:

Open the Start Menu.

Search for restore and select Create a restore point.

Under the System Protection tab, click Configure…

Under Restore Settings, select Turn on system protection.

Under Disk Space Usage, adjust how much disk space you want to dedicate for storing restore points. We recommend at least 1GB.

To revert Windows 10 to a previous restore point by performing the system restore:

Open the Start Menu.

Search for restore and select Create a restore point.

Under the System Protection tab, click System Restore…

Follow the wizard, select the restore point you want to use when prompted, then keep going through the rest of the wizard.

Roll back Windows 10 To the previous build

If you have experienced any Problems, Issues After downloading and installing the major Windows 10 Update, And looking for the way to revert back to previous windows. Then you can rollback & uninstall Windows 10 Fall Creators Update To fix different issues which started after the recent upgrade. Means If after installing the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update v1709 you are facing problems and issues with it, you can uninstall it and go back or rollback to the previous Windows version 1703.

To uninstall the Fall Creators Update, go to Start > Settings and click on Update & Security. Here Click the Recovery on the left and then click on Get started under ‘Go back to the previous version of Windows 10. And follow on-screen instructions to Roll Back windows 10 to the previous build.

How to Reset Or Refresh Windows 10?

Also if you found major problems and after perform different troubleshooting steps still having problems. Then you can Reset Windows to its Default setup to fix most of the problems. To Refresh or Reset Windows 10 Open Settings -> update & Security -> Recovery. Then Scroll down to the section labeled Reset this PC, and Click the Get started button.

How to Reset in Windows 10

Now To refresh Windows 10, click Keep my files. To reset Windows 10, click Remove everything. When prompted, review the list of apps that will be removed during this process, and if you’re okay with it, click Next Click Reset. Not only are these options useful for troubleshooting issues and boosting performance, but they can help you eliminate clutter and reclaim disk space.

Where to Get Help Fix Problems in Windows 10?

If you’ve come this far and still have unanswered questions, your best bet is to consult Microsoft’s official source of help and support for Windows 10 users. The Virtual Agent is like an online chat support that’s completely automated. It’ll feel like you’re speaking to someone on the other end, but it’s literally just a bot. You can ask for help on whatever topic you want as long as you phrase it as a question, and the Virtual Agent will reply with relevant Microsoft articles.

To access the Virtual Agent:

Open the Start Menu.

Search for help and select Get Help. This will open the Virtual Agent.

windows 10 Virtual Agent

Also, you can check out How to Fix windows Guide To get Solutions for almost every windows 10 problems. Such as Startup Errors, BSOD errors, Different windows update installation errors etc.

These Are some most common Windows 10 Common Queries and Answers. Such as How to Change user password, manually check and install updates, Speedup windows 10. Where to get my windows product key? And how to fix common problems, boot into safe mode, Perform System restore etc. I hope this post help to get answered your query, And have any new query, Question in your mind feel free to ask on comments below. Also, read How to Fix Printer in Error State on Windows 10.

Getting windows Startup error Your PC did not start correctly? After a sudden power failure or upgrading your PC to a newer version. While turning on your computer, instead of booting to Desktop normally, Windows 10 displays an Automatic Repair screen with a message Your PC did not start correctly. As the screen mention itself that if you hit Restart button, the problem […]

Getting windows Startup error Your PC did not start correctly? After a sudden power failure or upgrading your PC to a newer version. While turning on your computer, instead of booting to Desktop normally, Windows 10 displays an Automatic Repair screen with a message Your PC did not start correctly. As the screen mention itself that if you hit Restart button, the problem may solve automatically. But if this continues to happen after every reboot, you need to perform additional troubleshooting steps to solve this problem.

Before move to Troubleshooting steps first, understand why windows failed to start? Why windows perform the Automatic repair at startup and result Your PC Did Not Start Correctly? The problem mostly occurs if the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) file corrupted / Missing. There is chance Due to power failure or while system upgrade process the Master Boot Record (MBR) file get corrupted or missing. Some other Reasons are Any hardware changes such as re-installation of hard-drive, corrupted system files etc.

How to Fix Your PC Did Not Start Correctly Startup problem

If you are also suffering from this problem, windows unable to start normally. Windows Perform Automatic repair for hours and result your PC didn’t Start correctly. Here some applicable solutions to fix automatic repair your pc did not start correctly on Windows 10 and 8.1 computers.

Perform Startup Repair

Here on Advanced options screen click on Startup repair option. When you select startup repair this will restart the window and start diagnostic process. And analyze the various settings, configuration options, and system files Especially look for :

After complete, the repair process windows will Restart and start normally. If still having the same problem, showing your pc did not start correctly fallow next solution.

Run System File Checker Utility

If startup repair unable to fix the problem, Then try to run the SFC utility which scan and restore missing, corrupted system files. And fix the problem if any corrupted system file causing this startup problem your pc did not start correctly. To do this again access Advanced options And click on Command prompt. Here on advanced command prompt type command sfc /scannow and hit enter key to run system file checker.

The sfc utility check for missing corrupted system files and if found any the utility restore them from a special folder located on %WinDir%\System32\dllcache. Wait until 100% complete the scanning process After that restart windows check system start normally on next boot.

Run DISM command

If SFC scan results Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them then Run the DISM Tool which repairs the system image and enable SFC utility to do its job. To do this on same command prompt screen type dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth and hit the enter key to run DISM Tool.

Rebuild Master Boot Record (MBR)

MBR or Master Boot Record is the data that is present in the first sector of any hard disk. It tells where the operating system is located so that it can be loaded. If Master Boot Record (MBR) file corrupted this may cause startup probme such as your pc did not start correctly.

After running DISM command Restart windows and check Windows start normally. If not then We need to repair the BCD Error by performing following command below. Again open command prompt form Advanced options and type command bellow one by one and hit the enter key to execute the same.

bootrec /fixmbr

bootrec /fixboot

bootrec /ScanOS

fix bootrec Errors

Boot Configuration Data (BCD)

BCD or Boot Configuration Data is a firmware-independent database file which has boot-time configuration data. It is required by Windows Boot Manager and replaces the boot.ini that was used by NTLDR earlier. If this Boot Configuration Data (BCD) file get corrupted you may face different startup problem. If perform above solution didn’t solved the issue then try to rebuild the BCD file which may very helpful to Fix Your PC Did Not Start Correctly startup problem in Windows 10

To rebuild the BCD file, in the Command Prompt, type the following command and hit Enter:

That’s all you have successfully Rebuild the Boot Configuration Data file. Simply close the command prompt and Restart windows. check This time windows started normally without any startup errors.

Some Other Steps to Fix Your PC Did Not Start Correctly

If after performing startup repair, running SFC and DISM Tool, Rebuild MBR and BCD file Didn’t fix the startup problem. Then Try to boot into safe mode, Where windows start with minimum system requirements and allow to perform troubleshooting steps.

When you boot into safe mode first Turn off the Fast startup feature from Control Panel -> All Control Panel Items -> Power Options -> choose what the power buttons do -> change settings that are currently unavailable -> uncheck the Turn on Fast startup option.

If you notice the problem started after installing a third party application, simply uninstall the same from control panel -> program & Features -> right-click the recently installed application and uninstall.

Also, open Device manager and check any driver with yellow triangle mark. If found any uninstall and re-install the driver. And update the drivers especially Display driver To get rid most of the startup problems.

These Are some most applicable solutions to fix the windows automatic repair loop your PC did not start correctlystartup error message in Windows 10/8/7. I hope to apply these solutions also fix the problem for you. Still, have any query or suggestions about this post, face any difficulty while applying the solutions feel free to discuss in comments below. Also, Read Fix Windows 10 Frequently Disconnect Internet Connection.

There Are many reasons for internet connection problems on windows 10. A number of users report the status of internet connection changes to limited access. And while access a certain website, results “can’t connect to website address” or a variation of it. And Running the network troubleshooter ( by right click network symbol from right side below) results

Troubleshooting was unable to automatically fix all the issues found. You can find more details below.

Problem found Your DNS Server might be unavailable

Why Your DNS Server might be unavailable?

This problem is related to DNS settings of your ISP or your device. Your wireless router may be the reason behind this problem. If your network cable is not connected to your PC properly, it also can cause the problem. Again sometimes any third-party antivirus, firewall or wrong DNS configuration on Windows cause this issue.

How to Fix Your DNS Server might be unavailable on Windows 10

If you are also suffering from this problem, internet connection problems or your DNS server might be unavailable. Here some useful solutions to fix your DNS Server might be unavailable in Windows 10, 8.1 and 7. Before applying bellow solutions first power recycle the modem, router, and PC to reset their static memories, Which potentially fix the DNS server might be unavailable or DNS server not responding issue.

Disable VPN/antivirus/firewall software

Try to Disable VPN/antivirus/firewall software if you have recently installed any. Most of the times Such This third-party software are known to create an issue. So first Disable Them To make sure that any third-party software ( VPN/antivirus/firewall ) not causing the issue.

Flush your DNS

This is an excellent method to get rid of this type of internet connection related problems on Windows 10. To do this open command prompt as administrator and perform command below.

Reset TCP/IP using netsh command

After Flush DNS cache performs Command bellow To fix the corrupt TCP/IP, resetting. To reset TCP/IP again open an elevated Command Prompt, and run the following command.

netsh int ip reset resettcpip.txt

Reset TCP/IP using netsh command

After performing all above commands, You need to restart your computer to complete this action and take effect the changes. On next start open the web browser and check There is no more Internet connection problems or DNS server not responding, DNS server might be unavailable issue.

Make sure DNS is set to automatically obtained

According to users, ( report on Microsoft forums, Reddit )Your DNS Server Might be Unavailable problem fixed after change and set the DNS address to obtain automatically. To do this Press Win + R, type ncpa.cpl and hit the enter key. Then Right click on the Active connection ( Local / WiFi Adapter) and choose Properties. Double click onInternet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and select radio button Obtain IP Address and DNS server address automatically. Click OK button to save changes After that open web page to check problem solved or not.

obtain IP address automatically

Use OpenDNS or Google’s DNS

If set Obtain IP address and DNS server Address Automatically didn’t resolve the issue. Still having internet connection problem or Your DNS Server Might be Unavailable error. Then use OpenDNS or Google’s DNS by following below steps.

To do this Again open network connection by press Windows + R, type ncpa.cpl and hit the enter key. Then Locate your network connection, right click it and choose Properties. When Properties window opens, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click the Properties button.

In General tab, Select Use the following DNS server addresses. Now enter 8.8.8.8 as Preferred DNS server and 8.8.4.4 as Alternate DNS server. Alternatively, you can use 208.67.222.123 and 208.67.220.123 instead. Now click OKto save changes.

Use OpenDNS or Google’s DNS

Disable Proxy connection

Are you using a proxy connection? Probably, That is the problem. You can disable your proxy connection to get rid of this DNS server unavailable problem. To do it, simply open Internet Options. You can open RUN, type inetcpl.cpl and press enter. It will open Internet Options. Then, Go to Connections tab and then double-click on LAN Settings.Uncheck everything except Automatically detect settings. Then, Save these settings. After doing it, Restart Windows. From now, You should no longer encounter DNS server might be unavailable issue.

Disable Proxy connection

Sometimes, This problem can be an issue of your ISP. In that case, contact support center and explain them your problem. They will take steps to fix your DNS server might be unavailable problem.

These are the most applicable solutions to fix your DNS Server might be unavailable problem on windows 10, 8.1 and win 7. I hope Applying these solutions also resolve your problem, Still have any query, suggestion or face any difficulty while apply these solutions feel free to discuss in comments below. Also, Read Reset Network Settings on Windows 10 Fall Creators update.